The commission’s December EV policy statement directed staff to develop an implementation plan, intended to provide guidelines on pilot programs, rate design, cost recovery and other issues. Approval of the implementation plan will effectively be a final vote on the state’s new policy, and Olson is trying to rally consumers to his side.

In an op-ed published Sunday on The Arizona Republic web site, the commissioner told readers, “if your priority is an affordable utility bill, you might want to tell my colleagues.”